Ruppia
noun
Rup·pia
ˈrəpēə
: a small genus of widely distributed submerged marine herbs (family Hydrocharitaceae) having capillary stems, slender alternate leaves, and monoecious flowers destitute of perianth see ditch grass
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Heinrich B. Ruppius (Rupp) †1719 German botanist + New Latin -ia
First Known Use
1770, in the meaning defined above
- tender young age
- tender-hefted
- tender-minded
- tender-nosed
- tenderability
- tenderable
- tendered
- tenderer
- tenderers
- tenderest
- tenderfeet
- tenderfoot
- tenderfooted
- tenderfoots
- tendergreen
- tendergreens
- tenderhearted
- tenderheartedly
- tenderheartedness
- tenderheartednesses
- tendering
- tenderings
- tenderisation
- tenderisations
- tenderise